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Pablo Vazquez23rd February 2008Thanks! Carlos, gracias por tu comentario!
Carlos Carrillo22nd February 2008Hey Pablo!!!sweet melody!!!very nice lesson!!!gracias!!!
- Pablo Vazquez27th January 2008
Thanks Victafor!
Nighthawk123rd January 2008...which is for me one of the greatest solos in metal ever written by the way...but in stricken it is played with pull-offs...
Victafor21st January 2008great solo! the ending fast part sounded like a part in the solo of Stricken by Disturbed...
- Nighthawk115th January 2008
You are Welcome
- Pablo Vazquez10th January 2008
Thanks Nightawk!! I love the kind of ballads you said too! Thanks for the comment, friend!
- Nighthawk19th January 2008
This piece really gives me the creeps, dammit ?I really love those ballads just like farewell ballad by zakk wylde, in which he also combines nice slow harmonics with fast alternate picking ! Thx for that ! Very beautiful, would like to see more of this type
- Nighthawk19th January 2008
This piece really gives me the creeps, dammit ?I really love those ballads just like farewell ballad by zakk wylde, in which he also combines nice slow harmonics with fast alternate picking ! Thx for that ! Very beautiful, would like to see more of this type
- Pablo Vazquez23rd December 2007
Ivan, Nickmarx,Thanks!! Yeah, Lynard really rocks!!!!
nickmarx123456789th December 2007I like it. Reminds me a lot of lynard skynard
Ivan Milenkovic8th December 2007Nice lesson Pablo. I like the progressions
- Pablo Vazquez23rd November 2007
Thanks Shredmandan!!
shredmandan23rd November 2007Nice JOb.This is a great lesson for people to get into the lead playing.It kinda reminded me of Free Bird at a couple of parts.I guess thats just cause its a ballad
- Pablo Vazquez21st November 2007
Thank you Guys!! I'm glad you liked it!
g-forcelover (i love your tone!!!!! how do you get it?!?!?!?!?): I recorded this lesson with a SansAmp GT2 distortion and a Digital Delay DD-5. 
g-forcelover21st November 2007i love your tone!!!!! how do you get it?!?!?!?!? Same for the lesson!!!
Jerry Arcidiacono21st November 2007Good job Pablo.
- maes21st November 2007
loved it, truely beautiful music. we should get some more of this on gmc
AliMo20th November 2007great lesson! any chance of a follow up lesson with the backing tabbed out? I'd love to jam this solo and the backing of it
- Rolls20th November 2007
Perfect lesson, love it.
Hisham Al-Sanea20th November 2007good job pablo
- Giacinto20th November 2007
brilliant, please do more of this stuff, some usefull stuff for soloing in here and it sounds so nice
quebrado20th November 2007Just beutiful man, thats the word.. ceep these types of lessons coming man;)
Juan M. Valero20th November 2007Excelente leccion !!! tienes muy buen gusto amigo
lefty0120th November 2007Great lesson. Welcome back, 80's rock ballads!!!!
Tuubsu20th November 2007This is fantastic! These kind of Ballads are what got me to buy a guitar in the first place.
I'm eagerly waiting for more...- Ayen20th November 2007
Excellent lesson Pablo! It sounds amazing, and I can't wait to get my guitar out and learn this. Keep them coming!
Muris Varajic20th November 2007Great lesson and phrasing Pablo!!
The Uncreator20th November 2007Beautiful
- Joey20th November 2007
nice pickup switching too lol
- Joey20th November 2007
Amazing, Pablo! = ]
SLASH9120th November 2007Great lesson, man. It was beautiful.
Jeff20th November 2007I love the riff on Vid 3. What a nice melody. Awesome lesson Pablo!
browq20th November 2007I got chills down my back and my warms while listning to this.
Great sense of playing. Just beautifull!
Kristofer Dahl20th November 2007Awesome Pablo - ballad soloing is a great way to get sense of harmonies and "strong notes" when improvising!
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- My notes
Hi GMC! Today we have a heavy ballad lesson! In this opportunity we will explore how much feeling we have in our playing.
The structure of this lesson is very basic. We have an introduction played with acoustic and clean guitars, followed by a power chord progression played with distortion guitar. Then, we finish in the same way as the beginning.
I’m sure that this lesson is great for beginners/intermediate guitar players. It can show you that we can combine slow and fast melodies to express different feelings and cover different aspects of the playing.
Chord Progression:
D/F# - G – Em7
C5 – G5 – D5 – E5 – C5 – G5 – D5
So Enjoy it!!
Pablo.
Key: Em / Em pentatonic
Tempo: 110 Bpm
Jump to start: Home or `s` , you can also click/tap the lesson part again (the numbers above player)
Go to next part: PageUP or End.
Volume: ArrowUp / ArrowDown keys
Go to any part: Number keys (combinations also possible)
Pause or play: `k` or space key
Fullscreen: `f`, esc to close
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